We're building the future of food
for Africa
Qikeat started with a simple frustration: why do you need to download a 200MB app, create an account, verify your email, add a card, and navigate five screens just to order rice and chicken?
Food delivery in Nigeria is broken
Heavy apps nobody wants
200MB downloads on expensive data plans. Most get uninstalled within a week.
Foreign UX patterns
Designed in San Francisco for Lagos. Credit cards first. No USSD. No bank transfer.
Invisible local vendors
The best food in Lagos comes from small vendors with no tech presence at all.
Broken last-mile
Estimated times that mean nothing. No real tracking. Ghost riders.
WhatsApp-first commerce for a billion people
Africa doesn't need another app. Africa needs technology that works inside the tools people already use. WhatsApp has over 100 million users in Nigeria alone. It's the universal interface.
Qikeat is building the commerce layer on top of WhatsApp. Starting with food — the most universal, most frequent, most emotionally connected transaction in daily life.
Our AI doesn't just take orders. It understands context, remembers preferences, navigates local food culture, and connects people with the best local vendors — all through a simple chat.
Our values
Local First
We build for how Nigerians actually live, eat, and pay. Not how a pitch deck says they should.
Zero Friction
Every tap, every extra download, every sign-up form is a barrier. We eliminate them all.
Vendor Empowerment
The mama put on your street deserves the same technology as a multinational chain.
AI With Empathy
Our AI doesn't just process orders. It understands Nigerian food culture, slang, and taste.
Building in public
Idea born — frustrated with food delivery apps that don't work for Nigeria
Prototype built — first 100 orders on WhatsApp in Yaba
AI integration — natural language ordering goes live
150+ vendors onboarded across Lagos mainland and island
Expanding to Abuja, Port Harcourt, and Ibadan
Join the mission
Whether you're a hungry customer, a talented vendor, or someone who wants to build the future of African commerce — we want you on this journey.